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May 17, 2014 01:02 am GMT
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The Man Who Is India's Future Has His Own Checkered Past
CHENNAI, India — Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi is poised to become India’s new prime minister as his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured one of India’s most decisive elections in more than a quarter century. Modi and the BJP will take over a government that's not only besieged with charges of corruption and nepotism, but one that's also accused of slowing India’s economic growth.
The 550 million votes that were cast over a six-week period were counted on Friday. The BJP is expected to win 282 of the 543 seats to the Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of Parliament. The victory means the toppling of the Indian National Congress (INC), which has led India for most of the past 67 years. Read more...
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